Author: Breeanna Jent
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Colorado Springs Airport lands first international route
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International travelers, get your passports ready. The Colorado Springs Airport on Wednesday announced nonstop seasonal Saturday service to Cancun, Mexico, through Southwest Airlines. Southwest Airlines VP talks Colorado Springs Airport service expansions (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); The weekly service is scheduled to begin June 7 and will be the first scheduled international route the airport will…
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El Paso County voter turnout at just 21% ahead of Nov. 5 election
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With fewer than two weeks to go before the Nov. 5 general election, voter turnout in El Paso County has only reached 21% — though officials anticipate it could hit as high as 90% on Election Day, thanks to a tense presidential race and a slew of congressional, state and local races and ballot issues…
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Affordable housing project near downtown Colorado Springs earns urban renewal designation
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The City Council on Tuesday declared a small portion of undeveloped land southeast of downtown Colorado Springs as blighted, a move that will help fund the construction of nearly 400 new affordable apartments in the Lowell neighborhood. The council voted 8-1, with Councilman Dave Donelson opposed, to establish the Bristow-Lowell urban renewal district, roughly 6…
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City Council supports Colorado Springs Utilities 2025 budget, 5 years of base rate increases
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The City Council on Tuesday unanimously cast its first vote to approve a $1.8 billion 2025 budget for Colorado Springs Utilities. The 2025 spending plan is 21% more than the approved 2024 budget and will feature base-rate increases for five years, plus a new time-of-day rate officials said could save residents money on their bills.…
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District Court dismisses lawsuit to remove road tax extension from Colorado Springs ballot
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An El Paso County District Court judge this month dismissed a lawsuit that sought to remove the so-called 2C road tax question from Colorado Springs’ November ballot. Douglas Bruce, the author of Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights amendment, filed a three-page civil lawsuit against the city of Colorado Springs in late September, alleging the city…
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4th Judicial District Attorney race: Michael Allen vs. Jeremy Dowell | Voter Guide
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The 4th Judicial District Attorney’s race this year pits Republican incumbent Michael Allen against Democrat Jeremy Dowell, an attorney representing Colorado Springs-area children in the juvenile justice system. Allen, first elected district attorney in 2021 and seeking a second term this November, promises to build on his office’s status as a leader in prosecuting violent…
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Colorado Springs releases preliminary changes to council district boundaries
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A preliminary map of new boundaries for each of Colorado Springs’ six City Council districts accounts for anticipated continued growth on the city’s north and northeast sides. District 2, the city’s northernmost district, and District 6, the northeast and eastern district, will shrink to account for expected future population growth in both districts, City Clerk…
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TABOR author sues Colorado Springs, seeks removal of road tax extension question on November ballot
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Douglas Bruce, the former Colorado state legislator who authored the state’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights amendment, is suing the city of Colorado Springs in a bid to remove a question from the November ballot that would authorize the 10-year extension of a dedicated sales tax for road maintenance. Bruce filed the three-page lawsuit against the city…
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Colorado Springs residents say city’s reaffirmation of non-‘sanctuary’ status is ‘political grandstanding’
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Residents on Tuesday criticized a second resolution reaffirming that Colorado Springs is not a “sanctuary city” for migrants crossing U.S. borders as divisive, hateful and an example of political grandstanding. Though the resolution is symbolic and not legally binding, it sends a strong message that migrants are not welcome, opponents said. Colorado Springs council reaffirms…
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Colorado Springs recreational marijuana sales locations limited after final council vote
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A final vote from the Colorado Springs City Council on Tuesday strongly limits where marijuana shops that want to sell recreational marijuana can operate, a move a resident-backed marijuana campaign described as a “backdoor ban” on retail cannabis sales locally. The council voted 7-2 a second time to preemptively prohibit facilities that sell recreational marijuana…